Which to use
“clac” is an onomatopoeia and “CMA” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,310
- “clac” frequency rank
- #36,763
- “CMA” frequency rank
- 73073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clac | CMA |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Onomatopée qui traduit un bruit sec et rapide. | Organisme consulaire chargé de développer l’activité économique dans le domaine de l'artisanat. |
Where the eye mixes clac and CMA
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: clac vs CMA
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: clac is \klak\ while CMA is \se.ɛm.a\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (onomatopoeia vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clac is recorded at frequency rank #36,310, classified as anonomatopoeia, pronounced \klak\. CMA is at rank #36,763, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.ɛm.a\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 73073, this pair ranks #41,716 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clac vs CMA
Shared letters: ac. Private to "clac": l. Private to "CMA": m.
"clac" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "CMA" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- clac ← calc · cclac · clacc · clca · cllac · lcac
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "clac" for "CMA" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "clac" or "CMA" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "clac" and "CMA" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clac" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "CMA" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,716 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clac" and "CMA" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs CMA". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #41,716 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.